Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-11-05

s from the pen of one who, having
cen tor many years a tax collector
n Ireland, may be supposed to
know somewhat of tina, whereof he
,firms." Fiat Justtid.
"You ask me about Ireland. |
think few know it better than | do.
| have travelled through the most OF
i and been in thousands OF houses
Some OF the people are comfortable
and happy, very industrious and resp
the results OF their honest toll.
Others, and especially the Roman
are ihrittless and poor,
on small patches Of ground
that cannot raise food enough for q
100 lazy to take more land
and cultivate it properly. Halt the
poverty In Ireland is the result OF
and drunkenness. have
known two neighbers to live along
side of each other, holding the same
area, paying the same rent to one
landlord-the one man, a bitter Ro'
manist, had two big strong sons
they were always behind with their
rent. Running to all the political
meetings, drinking and fighting, poor
and discontinued. His neighbor, a
Protestant, with a large family OF
little girls, was active, industrious,
prosperous and comfortable, saving
and banking money every year.
This ou,cry against England is only
the caut o: rebellion. Politics and
Popery are the curse of Ireland.
The Protestants Of Ulster, Of Ire
land, do not want Home Rnley it
would be giving the ascendancy to
the Priests, who rule the people, en-
shaving both their souls aud bodies.
The laws in Ireland are good as
elsewhere, and the honest, sober,
peaceful man has nothing to fear
while transgressors ought to be pun.
lshed. AS to the landiords-they
are hardly treated at present. The
tenants miH not pay the rents though
the most OF them are lueU able! Ir
every other country save Ireland
landlords can get their rents. Some
of the evIcted tenants owe four ol
FIVE years rent. There is what i!
called the running half year
that is, when the half years rent i
paid there is half a years rent due
If a landlord wishes TO sue a tenan
he would give six months notice
by hat time there would be du'
three half years rent. 1t might b
three months before he could Obtain
a decree, then several months Nigh
elapse before the Sheriff would evic
SO there would be over two year
rent owing. All this rent is lost t
the landlord, together with all tn
law expenses This is the closes
case-tew landlords 90 so close :
and there may be three or four year
rent owing, Yet there is a CT
throughout the world against tn
cruel landlord
in no other country is there sue
injustice. Here, in Canada, the land
lord who lets a farm or a house "a
acts the highest rent possible-an
If he thinks one tenant is paying les
/, than he could get from another, b
will give three months notice, tur
him adritt at the end of that tim,
and let the farm or house to anothe,
This cry of injustice in the Go,
. eminent is simply a password to RI
! bellion. The Land League-no
the National League, is in defanc
of constitutional law. The leader
hold meetings and spout treason, +.
belllon aud dishonesty. The Queen
: representatives in Ireland are hate
{ and often brutallv treated-as i
the case of the Chief Secretary an
Under Secretary who were murde
ed III open day in the Phenix Par
e Dublin, a few years ago. The la
a is set aside and treated with col
u tempt, secret societies abound. Or
of these, the "Moonlighters," g
about at night, armed and disguise,
to wreak their vengeance on SON
one who has not complied with the
orders. The Police are hated, stone
r ana murdered. The rebel Ieade'
t tell the people to hold the lands an
> pay no rent, then, if eyicte1, tt
/ shout reaches America, collection
J are taken up, and thousands of do
I lars are sent every week 10 Irelar
' TO pay these SpouterS and heIp ket
@ tO the dqitdtiou.
Il tell you many landlords an
widows dependent on their ren,a
are IN a worse state than the eyicte
. tenants There is a natural batre
OF the English by the Irish-ar
6 many of the Americans too. tt
Irish are good beggars aud can te
their side OF 4 story we'll.
"A great cruelty practiced in Ir
land is b0ycotfing Not speaking
the doomed party, not selling TO,
buying from, or working for hir
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